Anonymous  +  308741 Sat, 30 Dec 06 11:27 AM My boyfriend works abroad and we only see each other once a year. I had never been absent in my job but this coming april my boyfriend is coming.I wish to have a leave for 1month so that we can spend more time with each other.Can you please help me write an appropriate leave letter. Another thing i want to leave for 12month is that i have to enroll for my masteral degree as a teacher.  I dont know how to start with my letter and how to explain my reason of leaving for 1month. Anonymous Leave Letters

	Grammar Geek  +  309242 Sun, 31 Dec 06 09:18 PM Letters are not often the best way to start conversations like this with your employer. Unless you have already spoken to your boss and he or she had requested that you put this in writing, I would really recommend you TALK to your boss about this. In the US, no one gets a one-month paid leave for a reason like this, so this is an odd request for me. Is it even allowed within the terms of your employment? That's another reason to talk to someone first. I would say "For family reasons," however, "to spend time with my boyfriend." Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,651 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random! Conversations